shelishi · third

What it means

shelishi (שְׁלִישִׁי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “third”.

A third part.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The one that comes after the second; in time, the day or month that follows it.
2. One of three equal parts of a whole.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Word study

Third: the ordinal of שָׁלוֹשׁ, “three” (H7969). In the feminine it can also mean “a third part”. BDB: third; also a third part.

• “On the third day” Genesis 22:4Exodus 19:11Hosea 6:2
• The third day of creation Genesis 1:13
• “The third time” 1 Samuel 3:8
• A third, in the measures of the offerings Numbers 15:6

Historical and cultural background

“On the third day” marks decisive moments in the text: Abraham sees the place of the sacrifice (Genesis 22:4), YHWH comes down on Sinai (Exodus 19:11), and Hosea says “on the third day he will raise us up” (Hosea 6:2).

How we translate it

“Third” 104 times; it is part of the name Eglath-shelishiyah 2. “A third” when it is a fraction, as the third of a hin of oil (Numbers 15:6).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• third ×104
• Eglath-shelishiyah ×2
• three stories ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×9
• Exodus×6
• Leviticus×4
• Numbers×10
• Deuteronomy×2
• Joshua×2
• Judges×1
• 1 Samuel×6
• 2 Samuel×5
• 1 Kings×7
• 2 Kings×8
• 1 Chronicles×15
• 2 Chronicles×8
• Nehemiah×1
• Esther×2
• Job×1
• Isaiah×3
• Jeremiah×2
• Ezekiel×11
• Hosea×1
• Zechariah×3

• Genesis 1:13

  And there was evening and there was morning, a third day.

• Genesis 2:14

  And the name of the third river is Tigris; it is the one that flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

• Genesis 6:16

  An opening you shall make for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from above; and the door of the ark you shall put in its side; with lower, second, and third decks you shall make it.

• Genesis 22:4

  On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from afar.

• Genesis 31:22

  It was told to Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled.

• Genesis 32:19

  He commanded also the second, also the third, and also all who were going after the herds, saying, “According to this word you shall speak to Esau when you find him.

• Genesis 34:25

  It happened on the third day, while they were in pain, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, brothers of Dinah, took each his sword and came upon the city, which was unsuspecting, and killed every male.

• Genesis 40:20

  On the third day, Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief of the cupbearers and the head of the chief of the bakers among his servants.

• Genesis 42:18

  On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and live; I fear Elohim.

• Exodus 19:1

  In the third month after the going out of the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt, on that day they came to the wilderness of Sinai.

• Exodus 19:11

  and be ready for the third day; for on the third day YHWH will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.

• Exodus 19:16

  On the third day, when morning came, there were thunders and lightnings and a heavy cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a horn, very loud; and all the people who were in the camp trembled.

• Exodus 28:19

  the third row, jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

• Exodus 39:12

  and the third row, jacinth, agate, and amethyst;

• Leviticus 7:17

  What is left of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.

• Leviticus 7:18

  And if any of the flesh of his sacrifice of peace is ever eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted; for the one who presents it, it shall not be credited to him; it shall be a repulsive thing, and the person who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

• Leviticus 19:6

  It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it and on the next day, and what is left until the third day shall be burned in the fire.

• Leviticus 19:7

  And if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted.

• Numbers 2:24

  All those counted of the camp of Ephraim are one hundred eight thousand one hundred, by their armies. They shall set out third.

• Numbers 7:24

  On the third day, the chief of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon:

• Numbers 15:6

  Or for a ram you shall offer a grain offering of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil;

• Numbers 15:7

  and wine for the libation, a third of a hin, you shall present, a pleasing aroma to YHWH.

• Numbers 19:12

  He shall purify himself with it on the third day and on the seventh day and become clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day he will not become clean.

• Numbers 19:19

  And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day, and he shall purify him on the seventh day; and he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and he shall be clean in the evening.

• Numbers 28:14

  And their libations shall be half a hin for a bull, and a third of a hin for a ram, and a quarter of a hin for a lamb, of wine. This is the burnt offering of each month for the months of the year.

• Numbers 29:20

  And on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs a year old, without defect;

• Numbers 31:19

  And you, camp outside the camp seven days; everyone who has killed a person and everyone who has touched the slain, purify yourselves on the third day and on the seventh day, you and your captives.

• Deuteronomy 23:8

  Sons who are born to them in the third generation may enter, for their part, the assembly of YHWH.

• Deuteronomy 26:12

  When you have finished tithing all the tithe of your produce in the third year, the year of the tithe, and have given it to the Levite, to the resident alien, to the orphan, and to the widow, so that they may eat within your gates and be satisfied,

• Joshua 9:17

  The sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim.

• Joshua 19:10

  And the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families. And the territory of their inheritance was as far as Sarid;

• Judges 20:30

  And the sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day and drew up against Gibeah as at other times.

• 1 Samuel 3:8

  And YHWH called Samuel again, the third time. And he got up and went to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you called me.” Then Eli understood that YHWH was calling the boy.

• 1 Samuel 17:13

  The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone; they had followed Saul to the war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

• 1 Samuel 19:21

  They told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they too prophesied. And Saul again sent messengers, a third group, and they too prophesied.

• 1 Samuel 20:5

  David said to Jonathan, “Look, tomorrow is the new moon, and I should surely sit with the king to eat; but let me go, and I will hide in the field until the evening of the third day.

• 1 Samuel 20:12

  Jonathan said to David, “YHWH, Elohim of Israel! When I sound out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, and look, there is good toward David, will I not then send to you and make it known to you?

• 1 Samuel 30:1

  When David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had raided against the Negev and against Ziklag, and they had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire.

• 2 Samuel 1:2

  And it happened on the third day that, look, a man was coming from the camp, from beside Saul, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. And it happened when he came to David that he fell to the ground and bowed down.

• 2 Samuel 3:3

  and his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

And 67 more times.